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Scabies Closes Children's Place Store Again

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Scabies Closes Children's Place Store Again

By Lauren Leamanczyk

BROOKFIELD - The Children's Place, a popular store at Brookfield Square Mall, has once again closed because employees became infected with scabies. The store closed its doors Saturday after learning about a new incident. The Children's Place also closed in early October after several employees got scabies. A spokeswoman for the store says she's not sure if this weekend's case was a new one or just recurring symptoms. She said the store wasn't mandated to close, but they wanted to play it safe. Waukesha County public health officials say The Children's Place went above and beyond what's necessary by shutting their doors. A doctor there says it's very unlikely a child could catch scabies just from shopping at a clothing store. Scabies is usually spread through prolonged skin to skin contact. Still, regular shoppers were worried. One woman told TODAY'S TMJ4's Lauren Leamanczyk she's not sure the problem is solved. "If it closed once and they re-opened after the first time, how can we know they got the disease out the second time," Jane Krawes aksed. Nicole Balza appreciates the extra precaution the retailer is taking. She says it would not keep her from coming back to shop. Click on the link under related content to see Shelley Walcott's blog and read viewer reaction on the second closing of Children's Place due to scabies.